Not only was he decent, she saw when she came in but he was up. Ginny had been concerned about waking Elliot, but plainly those worries were unnecessary.

“You’re up,” she said, closing the door behind her as she stated the obvious. She did not move to sit down nor race to her elder brother as she wished to do, but instead lurked by the door, unable to fully commit and still very much on edge.

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